Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 2 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |
| 3 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 4 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 5 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 6 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 7 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 8 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
| 9 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 10 | Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 11 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 12 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 13 | To start with I went along to visit local parent , Mrs Audrey Durrant , who told me the main problem she faces as the mother of a ten year old dyslexic boy . |
| 14 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 15 | Well I think there in , well they ca n't go together , told you the last time you was here , they ca n't go on holiday together . |
| 16 | To help us give you a speedy response it would be appreciated if you could have your policy number readily available . |
| 17 | I 'll give you a funny article he wrote before you go . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll give you the same chance I 'd give a hungry vixen in a rabbit cage , ’ he growled . |
| 19 | I said no .. , so he said er , I 'll show you a quick video he said , and he showed me this video , part in Manchester and part in Peterborough two old girls got these crash helmets on |
| 20 | And er I 'll show you a little booklet I 've got somewhere on that about the nation about his bungalow . |
| 21 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 22 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
| 23 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 24 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 25 | Ken Gillance , defending , said Lamont was not connected with vice but Welsh told him the previous day she had almost been run down by one of Roth 's friends . |
| 26 | No she does n't want any fuss , Con 's made her a big cake I believe a very nice cake Eileen said |
| 27 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 28 | Rachel told her the only thing she could : that her sister had a mild indisposition , and I was her understudy . |
| 29 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 30 | And that 's not quite on so that would bring it a little bit it might be about ninety two or something it might |